Category Archives: General

CSV Manager, our Java CSV file component, has just got a JARS TOP 5% rating! Previously we had a TOP 25% rating, but now we've been moved up! Here is the mail I got this morning: Resource Name : CSV … Continue reading →

Congratulations to A. Luepke, winner of last weeks Ricebridge Java Components Competition!. A free XML Manager license is on it's way. And on to this weeks competition. Just get your head around a simple address book XML document. All you … Continue reading →

I haven't given up on the tragic typing. Still plugging away on goodtyping.com: Very good Richard! You have made only 1 error (0.42%). You can proceed to lesson 9. Seconds: 112 Keystrokes Per Minute (KPM): 127.50 Perhaps not the greatest … Continue reading →

Competition time! Just to make life interesting I'm starting a series of weekly competitions to win a free XML Manager or CSV Manager license. All you have to do is come up with some simple XPath expressions. As this is … Continue reading →

Thanks James! I'm not sure that I'd be in the same league as some on that list, but I'd like to think I'm getting there! I started reading James Corbett's Eirepreneur blog way back when, before I even had a … Continue reading →

Since starting this blog, I've realised that my abysmal typing is holding me back. I've come to think that you need to type well to write well. I just have to hit the delete key way to much. I'm fast, … Continue reading →

I've been following this blog called Creating Passionate Users for a while. It's by the people who write the “Head First” books. Now I've never actually read any of their books, but I did use the amazon preview to check … Continue reading →

So my blog has this ad banner down the side, which may or may not annoy you, but hey, what's a blog without adwords these days? Anyway, it suddenly struck me that I was failing to advertise my own products … Continue reading →

So if you've read Gladwell's Tipping Point, you'll appreciate this one. I was taking my daughter down to the local outdoor playground on Sunday, and the car park was unusually full. As in, completely. People were even parking up on … Continue reading →

Here's one for all you MBAs out there. I'm trying to work out the cost of a data center minute. Huh? What's that? OK. Imagine you have a mid-range web server in a data center. You pay an annual fee, … Continue reading →